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CHAPTER 468 OF THE LAWS OF 1859. 



AN ACT in relation to the planting of shellfish in the waters of Jamaica bay and creeks 

 adjoining, in the county of Queens. 



Section 1. The owners and lessees of land lying on Jamaica bay and the streams tributary 

 thereto, in the county of Queens, may plant oysters or clams in the waters of said bay or 

 creeks, opposite their respective lands extending from low-water mark into said bay, not 

 exceeding four rods in width, and in the creeks not exceeding half the width of said creek ; but 

 no one person or association shall plant such bed more than one-quarter of a mile long. 



§ 2. Any owner or lessee so planting oysters or clams, shall designate the locality by two or 

 more stakes driven into the bottom at the extreme corner of the bed so planted, and shall, by a 

 suitable monument erected on the adjacent shore, indicate the fact of such planting, but no 

 stake shall be placed so as to interfere in any way with the navigation of said bay or creeks. 



(Section 3 repealed L. 1886, ch. 539; see L. 1863, ch. 493; L. 1865, ch. 343; L. 1866, 

 ch. 306; L. 1S66. ch. 753; L. 1868, ch. 734; L. 187 1, ch. 639; L. 1872, ch. 659 ; 

 L. 1878, ch. 302 ; L. 1879, ch. 384.) 



CHAPTER 493 OF THE LAWS OF 1863. 



AX ACT for the protection of the planting of oysters in the towns of Hempstead and 

 Jamaica, county of Queens, New York. 



Passed May 5, 1S63. 



Section 1. It shall be lawful for any person being an inhabitant of the towns of Hempstead 

 or Jamaica, in Queens county, of said state, and having been such for the period of six months, 

 to plant oysters in any of the public waters within either of the said towns ; and upon comply- 

 ing with the provisions of this act hereinafter contained, he shall be entitled to, and have the 

 exclusive ownership and property in. all oysters upon the beds where the same were planted, and 

 the exclusive right to use the said beds for the purpose aforesaid. 



§ 2. Any person being such inhabitant of either of said towns, may use a portion of the 

 land under the public waters within said town, not to exceed two acres in a bed, and on which 

 there is no natural or planted bed of oysters, for the purpose of planting oysters thereon ; but to 

 entitle such person to the privileges and comforts of such act, the portion so selected by him 

 shall be clearly marked and defined by means of stakes, or otherwise, as a notice to the public 

 that it is selected and is occupied for the purpose aforesaid, and no bed shall be so marked and 

 defined until the bed shall be actually planted by said person ; and shall not be so planted or 

 held with less than four hundred bushels to the acre, or at the same rate for less than an acre. 



§ 3. Any person being an inhabitant of either of said towns as aforesaid, may, upon comply- 

 ing with the provisions of this act, plant oysters on the beds so designated and marked out, and 

 it shall not be lawful for any person other than the one who planted the oysters, and his legal 

 representatives, to take away said oysters, or to disturb said beds either by oystering thereon, 

 or in any other way disturbing said beds, under the penalty hereinafter provided. 



